Who's more valuable, rest of season
Shota Imanaga.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and WHIP. Max Fried’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
K
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ERA
WHIP
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W
SV n/a
Shota Imanaga wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Max Fried wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Max Fried
94.9
Shota Imanaga
91.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Max Fried
10.8%
Shota Imanaga
14.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Max Fried
22.3%
Shota Imanaga
23.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Max Fried
30.2%
Shota Imanaga
36.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Max Fried
30.5%
Shota Imanaga
35.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Max Fried
1.7%
Shota Imanaga
9.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Max Fried
.246
Shota Imanaga
.296
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05
The tape
Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Max Fried
25.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.21
2.48
Shota Imanaga
25.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.37
3.63
WHIPlower is better
Max Fried
.9001.39
now 1.01
1.28
Shota Imanaga
.9001.39
now 1.07
1.17
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Max Fried
4080.20
now 50
41
Shota Imanaga
4080.20
now 69
49
Winshigher is better
Max Fried
1.204.80
now 4
2–4
Shota Imanaga
1.204.80
now 4
2–4
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyMax Fried — buy.conf 0.92
BuyShota Imanaga — buy.conf 0.74